"I just explored the surroundings and found a number of flying snake corpses, but I haven't discovered any traces of the Seven Star Humans for now." Another tall and thin man wearing battle clothes said in a low voice.

  "Delgado, Mori, are you doubting that I'm telling the truth?" The blood-robed youth 'Blood Guard' flashed a hint of anger in his eyes.

  The burly man and Mori exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke.

  In terms of strength, as a second-order strongman, they naturally surpass Blood Guard.

  But the other party is a core disciple of the Holy Land, and in the Tianliang clan's ranking system, they are higher than them.

  "It shouldn't be... how could it not..." The blood-robed young man with an otherworldly aura gazed down at the valley below, scanning it twice before his expression suddenly changed: "Not good, we're too late."

  "Look quickly." Xue Jun pointed at a cliff over a thousand meters away: "There are many flying snake corpses."

  "What?"

  "Corpse of a flying snake?" The burly man and the tall youth both immediately looked over.

  Only on that slope's gentle hillside.

  There were a large number of viper corpses, and there were very obvious signs of fierce battle on the mountain wall.

  They were just above this mountain cliff a moment ago.

  Plus a large number of snake corpses, fresh blood and similar color of vines, so it was not discovered at the first time.

  "Not just one place, you see there are also battle scars over there."

  "There's still something there." Under careful observation, three Tianliang clan experts discovered more traces after a close examination.

  Enough to infer from.

  Not long ago, a fierce battle broke out in Fei She Gu (Flying Snake Valley).

  "Such a brutal war, it must be a second-order confrontation. Did we arrive late?" The burly and robust Delgado furrowed his brow: "Xue Xuan, you said there's a Soul Nurturing Ancient Spirit Fruit at the bottom of the valley?"

  "There's a 90% chance." He nodded heavily, he had his own way of judging things.

  "Then let's go." Delgado said in a low voice: "To get to the bottom of it."

  "Shall we go together?" The tall and thin young man Mo Li frowned: "Will there be an ambush?"

  "You can stay away, I don't mind. If the Soul Ancient Spirit Fruit is still there, don't bother hiding one or two from me." Delgado said calmly.

  That's all.

  Whoosh! Delgado's body moved and he quickly flew down to the bottom of Fei She Valley along the mountain cliff.

  "Let's go." Mori shrugged and immediately dived down.

  "These two guys." Xue Meng gritted his teeth, he was the weakest, naturally unwilling to venture into the treacherous Flying Snake Valley... but for the Soul Nurturing Ancient Spirit Fruit, he also yearned greatly.

  "Give it a try."

  "When we really encounter danger, Delgado and the others won't harm me." Xue E said in a low voice: "Besides, it seems that the Flying Snake tribe hasn't been completely wiped out, and there's no sign of the Seven-Star Human strongman."

  "It's highly likely that the Seven-Star Human Warrior has left." Xue Xing still held onto hope in his heart.

  Whoosh! The blood guard also followed closely behind the mountain cliff and continued to probe downwards.

  The three great powers of the Tianliang clan, without any concealment, charged forward in a straight line, and the flying snakes that dared to block their way were easily strangled by the two second-stage strongmen.

  At last, these flying snakes dispersed in all directions. These flying snakes thought that the two batches of humans were 'of the same clan' after all, since they looked similar in appearance.

  A few minutes later.

  The three great powers of the Tianliang clan slaughtered their way to the bottom of the valley, and when they saw the large number of flying snake corpses at the bottom of the valley, especially the three second-order flying snake corpses, they all fell silent.

  "Are they all dead?"

  "Three-headed second-order flying snake, all killed?"

  "This flying snake, judging from its body size, is at least 24 years old, and it was actually killed?" Delgado and Mori's faces both changed slightly, and a sense of crisis arose in their hearts.

  They were both young, one was 24 years old and the other was only 23 years old.

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Three powerful Tianliang tribe members dispersed and went to investigate in all directions.

  They soon gathered again.

  "There are traces of the Soul Nurturing Ancient Spirit Fruit, but no Soul Nurturing Ancient Spirit Tree was found. It's unclear whether it was just picked or consumed by the previous Second-Order Flying Snake." Mori said in a low tone, holding a palm-sized special instrument in his hand.

  "Has the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit been stolen?" Blood Guard's face turned extremely ugly.

  He has been planning for so long, all for the sake of the Soul Nurturing Ancient Spirit Fruit.

  "Also, I've made a preliminary detection, and it's very likely that there is a 'Source Crystal Vein' beneath this canyon." Mori continued.

  "What?"

  "Source Crystal Vein?" Delgado's face changed color, they were all too aware of the value of source crystals.

  Source Crystal, a high-energy crystal with many uses, especially as the power core of various source energy weapons studied in technological civilizations.

  The core of Yuanyang is often referred to as 'Marrow Crystal', and its value is exaggeratedly high.

  "According to my preliminary calculations, it's just a small vein of ore." Mori continued, "Of course, for an accurate test we'll have to wait for the specialized equipment and personnel."

  Delgado and Blood's faces relaxed a little, small vein? That's not so exaggerated.

  "No wonder so many Lingzhi can grow here, it turns out that there is a source crystal vein underground." Delgado said in a low voice, with a gleam in his eyes: "We must occupy this place, once we successfully establish the base and start digging... even if it's just a small source crystal vein, as discoverers and first-generation builders, we can easily share tens of billions or more 'Tianliang coins'."

  Mo Li and Xue Jun both nodded slightly, with a hint of longing in their eyes.

  Tens of billions of Tian Liang coins? This is a huge fortune for any second-order strongman.

  "The biggest trouble is the Seven-Star Human Civilization." Mori said in a low voice: "Being able to solve the Three Great Second-Order Flying Snakes and then leave safely without any signs of using hot weapons... The strength of the Seven-Star strongmen of humanity is very powerful, I think it's at least stronger than us few."

  "Now, I'm also unsure if they've discovered the 'Source Crystal Vein'."

  "My suggestion is to withdraw first." Mori said: "First report back to the base, mobilize more resources and strong people from civilization, and then make a move to stabilize here."

  "No way." Delgado flatly refused, shaking his head. "We can't gamble that the Seven-Star human civilization is stupid. If we give them time to establish a defense system... it will be ten times harder for us to counterattack, and the casualties will be unpredictable."

  "You need to know, this Flying Snake Valley is closer to their forward outpost base than it is to ours."

  "What's to be done?" Mori asked.

  "We'll keep watch here, on high alert." Delgado said solemnly: "The human Seven-Star Civilization warriors are indeed strong, but in terms of actual strength, they should be limited... otherwise they wouldn't have retreated directly after killing all the second-order flying snakes. I even suspect that their main force has suffered heavy casualties, and some Source Warriors may have died, only to have their bodies taken away."

  Mori and Blood nodded in agreement, Delgado's analysis also made sense.

  "Then be on guard in secret."

  Mo Ri said: "Xue Jun, you and I will form one team, Delgado will be in a separate team, we'll each monitor a mountain range."

  "Then, order your men to come as soon as possible."

  "At the same time, I will write a report as soon as possible and notify the base to apply for increased support from the higher-ups of the civilization." Mori said: "Our mission is... once the strong returnees of the Seven-Star Human Civilization come back, we must hold them off."

  Delgado and Bloodsworth both nodded in agreement.

  "Let's go, first up."

  ……

  Seven-Star Human Civilization, Outpost Base Three, inside a super-large conference room.

  "Kill three-headed second-order flying snake?"

  "One of the 25-level flying snakes?"

  "Li Jing severely injured and unconscious?" The purple-robed woman and Han Chong were both shocked, staring at the intelligence sent by Li Yuan.

  Far beyond their expectations.

  "A level 25 monster has appeared within our sphere of influence, and we didn't even notice it beforehand." Han Chong's voice was tinged with anger: "What were the scouting teams doing?"

  Forward outpost, usually required to patrol around 1000 kilometers of the base per year.

  "If the two second-class warriors are hiding, can those first-class warriors detect them?" The purple-robed woman shook her head and said: "This time, if it weren't for Xu An and Liu Jing going deep into Fei She Valley, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to force out this powerful flying snake."

  "What's going on now?" Han Chong furrowed his brow.

  "Proceed with the original plan, and let the vanguard troops that have already set out continue to advance." The woman in purple robes said softly: "I've locked onto Xu An's location. I'll lead the vanguard team and the medicine to find Xu An immediately."

  "Where are you going?" Han Chong was shocked: "Isn't that base only left with me as a Yuanwu warrior?"

  "The key is that Liu Jing has been seriously injured, what can we fight for?" Han Chong furrowed his brow.

  He had wanted to give up on Flying Snake Valley and abandon this plan.

  "It's not that we want to fight, but we must fight." A hint of chill flashed in the eyes of the purple-robed woman: "Compared to Liu Jing, I'm more worried about Fei She Gu now."

  "What's wrong with Fei She Gu?" Han Chong was taken aback.

  "Being able to cultivate a large number of Lingzhi, and being able to give birth to so many second-order flying snakes in such a short period of time... If I were to say that the Flying Snake Valley has no secrets, I wouldn't believe it." The purple-robed woman said in a low voice: "If the Tianliang clan occupies this place and establishes a base, we will only be 900 kilometers away from our forward base. Do you think we can still coexist peacefully?"

  "It's better to fight now than later."

  "At least we can't let them establish a solid defense system." The woman in purple said.

  "What about me? What am I supposed to do?" Han Chong couldn't help but ask.

  "Contact headquarters and request support." The purple-robed woman said solemnly: "At the critical moment, request the No. 4 Forward Base to support us."

  "Fourth Outpost Base?" Han Chong exclaimed in surprise.

  Xia Guo has two forward bases, No. 3 and No. 4, in the Ming Xiu star field, but due to their remote distance, there is little exchange between the two major bases under normal circumstances.

  Soon.

  The woman in purple led a group of warriors, boarding a flying vehicle and rushing towards Li Yuan's smart bracelet location.

  ……

  Within just over an hour, Li Yuan had already escaped with Liu Jing for more than a hundred kilometers.

  Whoosh! Li Yuan's figure was agile, and with one leap, he crossed a river, advancing at high speed in the wild mountain forest.

  Suddenly.

  "Li Yuan, put me down." A loud and clear voice came from behind Li Yuan.

  It's as if I just woke up.

  "Mr. Liu?" Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and his mind stirred.

  Heh heh, Yuan Li's battle clothes were withdrawn, and Liu Jing, who was originally lying on Li Yuan's back, immediately fell down and stood firmly on the grass.

  "Senior, are you okay?" Li Yuan turned around and saw that Liu Jing's breathing had completely recovered.

  Apart from tattered clothes, previously severely injured arms and legs were all intact and undamaged, with no signs of previous injuries visible.

  It even feels better than before the war.

  Subconsciously, Li Yuan stretched out his divine palace probe.

  "Target organism, life level 25.6." Li Yuan was taken aback.

  25.6 level? How can it be even stronger than before injury by a large margin?

  "It's over."

  "This elixir of yours has even healed the deep-seated wounds I've had for many years, restoring my strength to its peak." A hint of a smile appeared on Liu Jing's face.

  "Return to the peak?" Li Yuan's pupils constricted, and for an instant, he was back to when he first met Liu Jing.

  The accompanying Wu Zhe military officer once said that Liu Jing's strength had declined due to injury.

  "That's good." Li Yuan showed a smile.

  It's worth something after all.

  "It's just sorry for you." Liu Jing sighed: "Such a miraculous medicine, it's probably priceless, and it should be your teacher who prepared the 'life-saving trump card' for you. I guess this is all you have."

  Liu Jing has been stationed in Xingjie all along, and information is relatively closed off.

  But his vision is not low, and he can probably imagine the value of this medicine, 10 billion? 50 billion?

  Even 100 billion Blue Star Coins are possible.

  "Senior is for me to cut off the back, just to fight a desperate battle with that flying snake king, otherwise, with senior's strength can completely escape." Li Yuan said solemnly.

  Although Yuanzi Longming Dan is precious, it's just a treasure; it only has value after being used.

  Li Yuan does not regret it.

  "As planned, you were in charge of getting the treasure, and I was in charge of wrapping things up. You did an excellent job with your part of the task, it's just that my planning wasn't thorough enough, which led to this result." Liu Jing shook his head and said: "I caused the mistake, so naturally I should make amends with all my might, cutting off ties is what should be done."

  "Alright then."

  "This rare and precious medicine, I'm afraid I won't be able to compensate you for it." Liu Jing looked at Li Yuan: "Take all three of the Soul-Enchanting Ancient Spirit Fruits with you."

  "Besides, when I get back, I'll transfer 20 billion Blue Star Coins to you. After all, I'm just a mid-tier Yuan Wu Warrior, and although I earn more than average by sitting at the Star Boundary, it's still limited... don't think it's too little." said Liu Jingdao.

  "It's no use." Li Yuan shook his head: "Then, senior, wasn't it all in vain?"

  "It wasn't a waste of effort, on the contrary, I gained a lot." Liu Jing's eyes sparkled brightly as he smiled and said: "This time in Fei She Gu, after a life-and-death battle, my skills broke through, and I've already reached the state of being one with nature."

  "For me, it's something that can't be exchanged for a hundred billion blue star coins."